The story of Peggy, a nine-year-old border collie is warming and highlights once again the intelligence of dogs. She had to be retired after becoming deaf but is now working again after learning sign language. Her handler couldn’t work with … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: It seems to me that the US authorities can’t trust many of the countries who export dogs to the US because many of the imported dogs are rejected as the paperwork has been completed fraudulently in that … Continue reading →
This dog is in ecstasy over a total mud bath. Complete delight is written all over the video of which the image is a screenshot. See the video below. Why do dogs like mud? Firstly, it is clear from this … Continue reading →
It looks like it has been set up. The creature could be a dog wearing an item of clothing or some other human-made object. For all the mystery creatures captured on film, the image quality is always rubbish so you … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: Neighbours are understandably annoyed by this elderly gentleman because he lives in a mess of an apartment full of junk and he treats the rats that come into it as pets which means that he feeds them, … Continue reading →
The dog’s owner said that their golden retriever had the job of protecting their apple trees from deer who enjoyed eating the apples but it turned out differently for this individual deer. They formed a friendship and began to play … Continue reading →
This cute dog has inherited the inability to bark. It is not a medical condition to the best of my knowledge. The dog is not unwell. It is just that it is an inherited defect from the dog’s perspective but … Continue reading →
In the interests of dog and animal welfare, it is time that humankind stopped comparing the ill-treatment of people with the typical treatment of dogs. This is what the phrase “to be treated worse than the dog” means. It implies, … Continue reading →
In a study, scientists have found that puppies are born with an innate ability to socially interact with humans without training, and even if they have had almost no interaction with people before. 375 eight-week-old dogs participated in a University … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is one of those animal horror stories and it is entirely the making of one person, a 31-year-old woman living in South Australia who was incapable of caring for her dogs. It is reported that the … Continue reading →
Date: June 1, 2021. Place: Quezon City, Philippines. Dog’s name: Cymon. He was inside his owner’s refrigerator to keep cool in their hot climate. They say that the video is for just fun and their pet was not hurt. Lesson: … Continue reading →
The owner of this special needs rescue dog tells us, in a video, that he/she prefers to scream rather than bark. I don’t know if that is entirely true even if in the video he does that. I would have … Continue reading →
This is another story of the dysfunctionality in the relationship between humans and animals. The kea or alpine parrot is considered to be intelligent, mischievous and inquisitive. They are known for attacking the windshield wipers of cars visiting the mountain … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is just a short note but the story is unusual and quite interesting and therefore worth sharing. It concerns a Rolls-Royce Phantom which was apparently being imported into Italy from Russia and which had been retrofitted … Continue reading →
The flat-faced dog breeds such as pugs and bulldogs are known to have health issues and The Telegraph reports that they struggle to reach old age which got me thinking about the average lifespan of the dog breeds, which is … Continue reading →
This is shocking really. It is sad. Surely this is a breakdown in the human-animal relationship? It was brought on by the Covid pandemic as there are no tourists to feed the monkeys and so they starve. Then there is … Continue reading →
Dr. Jacob Dunn of Anglia Ruskin University, the co-author of a study on red-handed tamarins, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, discovered that when monkeys of the species are spotted in the territory of a rival gang, they … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: Natasha Prayag discovered an urban fox in her washing machine, which doesn’t actually surprise me that much because some foxes, especially if you feed them, become quite habituated to you and if they are confident, they are … Continue reading →
The video is described as a ‘skulk of kit foxes roaming and digging up Roma beans’. The word “skulk” got me thinking and I realise that it must be a customised way of referring to a “group of foxes”. This … Continue reading →
Yes, extraordinary though it is, 2 bees work as a team to open a bottle of Fanta. I think the lid was not screwed on but they got the screw top off and chucked it on the ground! 🙂 It … Continue reading →
